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Forests Investments

Regulating the Trade in Illegal Timber

Asian Approaches Compared - State of Play June 2017

By Marigold Norman, Jade Saunders - Forest Trends

Together, the US, EU28 and Australian markets, alongside the Asian countries now designing their own import controls, account for over 90% of global timber imports in 2016. Therefore, as the Asian demand-side regulations start to come into force, the global market incentive for companies trading in legal timber will be significant. Each country is at[…]

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    Forests

    China’s Forest Product Imports and Exports 2006-2016

    Trade Charts and Brief Analysis

    By Forest Trends

    As the world’s top importer and consumer of timber products, China is in a unique, and influential, position to take a leadership role to ensure that only legally and sustainably sourced timber – and other products sourced from forests – enters the country, thus helping to shift the global timber trade paradigm away from illegal[…]

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      Agriculture Climate Forests Investments

      Collaboration Toward Zero Deforestation

      Aligning Corporate and National Commitments in Brazil and Indonesia

      By Dana Miller, Breanna Lujan (Environmental Defense Fund), Brian Schaap (Indonesia case studies; Forest Trends); with contributions from David Burns (National Wildlife Federation), Chris Meyer (Environmental Defense Fund), Gustavo Silva-Chávez (Forest Trends)

      In this report, Environmental Defense Fund and Forest Trends examine case studies on corporate commitments, government policies, and multi-stakeholder initiatives that support Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Brazil and Indonesia. The report analyzes how current initiatives align with NDCs and identifies ways to improve this alignment. The report concludes with specific recommendations to enhance collaboration[…]

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        Climate Forests Investments

        Mapping Financial Flows for REDD+ and Land Use in Brazil

        National and Subnational Analysis for the Period 2009 through 2016

        By Ana Carolina Bastida da Silva, Mariano Colini Cenamo, Gustavo Silva Chávez

        This new report by Forest Trends and IDESAM (Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia) shows that over US$2.2 billion in REDD+ funds have been used by Brazil to implement deforestation policies and recommends that more finance should go directly to the stakeholders who are implementing the deforestation policies, in particular subnational governments, indigenous […]

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        Mapping Financial Flows for REDD+ and Land Use in Brazil (Portuguese)/Mapeamento dos Fluxos Financeiros para REDD+ e Uso da Terra no Brasil

        Análise nacional e subnacional para período de 2009 a 2016

        By Ana Carolina Bastida da Silva, Mariano Colini Cenamo, Gustavo Silva Chávez - IDESAM, Forest Trends
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          Forests

          Timber-Sourcing from Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

          By Marigold Norman, Jade Saunders, Forest Trends

          This paper presents data on the timber products sourced from fragile and conflict-affected states into regulated markets, focusing on the European Union. It argues that political instability and violence inherent to these situations indicates significant likelihood of buying illegal timber. Rather than pulling out, responsible global trade in legal forest products can be an effective[…]

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            Biodiversity Climate Investments Water

            State of European Markets 2017

            Voluntary Carbon, Watershed Investments, and Biodiversity Offsets and Compensation

            Ecosystem Marketplace, an initiative of Forest Trends, is pleased to present three original new reports, co-authored with Etifor as part of the ECOSTAR project, benchmarking for the first time the size, scope, and scale of ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe for voluntary carbon, watershed investments, and biodiversity offsets and compensation. Healthy natural habitats and sustainably […]

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              Yawanawa Medicinal Plants – Plantas Medicinais Yawanawá

              The Yawanawa have captured their long-held botanical expertise in a new illustrated field guide that helps members of the community identify and use life-saving medicinal plants. The poster details 21 medicinal plants the Yawanawa have traditionally used to treat poisonous snake bites. Each entry features an artful botanical illustration, along with reference photos and descriptions […]

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                Investments

                The Regulatory Imperative

                Policy Lessons from the Lao Rubber Sector for Supporting Smallholder Livelihoods and Land Tenure

                By Michael Dwyer, Naomi Basik Treanor - Mekong Region Land Governance Project, Forest Trends

                This Information Brief is based on one of the first research efforts on the fall in rubber prices of the last five years and its implications for the Lao rubber boom beginning in the 2000s. Findings from this study are now being used as part of Forest Trends’ ongoing research and policy dialogue on the […]

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                ຄວາມຈຳເປັນດ້ານລະບຽບການ

                ບົດຮຽນທີ່ຖອດຖອນໄດ້ຈາກການປູກຢາງພາລາເພື່ອສະໜັບສະໜູນການພັດທະນາຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ ແລະ ການຖືຄອງທີ່ດິນຂອງປະຊາຊົນ.

                By Mike Dwyer, Naomi Basik Treanor - Mekong Region Land Governance Project, Forest Trends
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                  Climate Investments

                  State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017

                  Unlocking Potential

                  By Kelley Hamrick, Melissa Gallant

                  As of 2016, offsets equivalent to 1.1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (BtCO2e) have been transacted voluntarily – through sales to governments, companies, and individuals as well as intermediary brokers – according to the latest annual State of Voluntary Carbon Markets report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace. Entitled “Unlocking Potential,” the new report and […]

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                    Forests

                    UNFCCC Submission Regarding Views on APA Item 6

                    Views Regarding the Role of the Land Sector and its Potential for Enhanced Action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

                    Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the […]

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